Eisenhower Arrives in Korea as Secretary-Designate
General Dwight D. Eisenhower lands in Korea amid heavy security as he prepares to take the office of secretary of defense. The trip includes briefings with South Korean leaders and assessments of war conditions and potential U N actions. Reports note mixed views among military personnel on escalating tactics against China and North Korea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omar N. Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Herbert Brownell
New York
Eisenhower
Korea
U. S
Secret Service
Pacific
Red China
North Korea
Far East
Formosa
China
U. S. Eighth Army
U. N
United States
Eisenhower Visits Korean Front Sees Commanders and Action
General Eisenhower travels through Korea meeting top allied leaders including Brownell Bradley Radford Clark Van Fleet Shopsmith and Chase. He observes artillery posts endures snow and cold, visits wounded, and keeps up conversation with Gen Clark and Gen Van Fleet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ignate Charles FE. Wilson
Herbert Brownell Jr
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Omar Bradley
Navy
Pacific
Arthur Radford
Far East
Mark Clark
James A. van Fleet
Stephen R. Shopsmith
Clark
William Chase
United States
Formosa
China
Eisenhower
van Fleet
States
West Point
Eisenhower’s secret Iwo Jima stopover during Korea flight
The article describes Dwight D. Eisenhower’s discreet passage en route to Korea aboard a long range air convoy. It notes foot long icicles at an Army building, a climb atop Mount Suribachi, multi leg refueling at Travis, Hickam, and Midway, and a double crew with Maj. William Draper and press secretary James Hagerty aboard, plus Secret Service on each aircraft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chung Il Kwon
U. S. Ninth Corps
Chung
United Nations
Yalu
ROK
Bak Lim Hung
Eisenhower
Army
Eighth Army
New York
Wilson
Bradley
Brownell
Air Force
Roger Ramey
Wilton B. Persons
White House
Secret Service
James Rowley
John Davies
Iwo Jima
Arthur Radford
the Pacific
Col
Paul T. Carroll
Woonsocket
R. I
James C. Hagerty
Richard Flohr
Don Whitehead
Associated Press
Merriman Smith
United Press
Bob Considine
International News Service
Frank Jurkowski
David Oliver
Everett Holles
Mutual Broadcasting System
Korea
van Fleet
Pacific
Constellation
Travis Air Force Base
Calif
Hickam Field
Hawaii
Midway
Mount
Suribachi
William G. Draper
Washington, D. C
Europe
NATO
N. ELA. Towns Public Welfare and Employment Meetings Schedule
The text lists appointment dates for public welfare and employment service sessions in Rayville Ruston St Joseph Tallulah and Winnsboro with times and deadlines. It notes visits to additional parishes and asks applicants to write two weeks in advance.
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Rayville
Department of Public Welfare
Ruston
Louisiana
State Employment Service
St. Joseph
Court House
Tallulah
Louisiana State Employment Service
Winnsboro
Caldwell
East Carroll
Franklin
Jackson
Lincoln
Madison
Morehouse
Ouachita
Richland
Tensas
Union
West Carroll
Union witness links theft to dock worker hiring
Maher testified that John Scanlon, an ILA dock worker, did limited hourly work and still drew full pay, tied to a steel theft from a U S Lines pier. The firm abandoned the pier after six months, and Maher warned that watchmen reporting a thief could trigger a longshoremen strike. He said the union controlled hiring of supervisory pier staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph P. Ryan
ILA
Maher
John Scanlon
United States Lines
Labor probes reveal illicit payments and dockyard tension
Testimony shows ILA agent Frank Russo received 1400 from shippers over two years while denying collusion to spark trouble. Davie Transport’s Vincent Carpenter testified paying 600 monthly to longshoreman Michael Clemente, dubbed “overlord of the East River docks,” as investigations unfold into labor unrest and dock operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Russo
ILA
Russo
Crime Commission
Ignatius Wilkinson
Mr. Russo
Vincent Carpenter
Davie Transport Company
Michael Clemente
East River Docks
Selman Foes Reactivation Sparks Determination to Fight
Brown said facts behind the move to reactivate Selman foes would be released after consultations with several Washington officials. The Monroe group, enthusiastic after a Pentagon conference, planned to issue a statement later today. They departed for Washington by plane Thursday morning.
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Washington
Brown
Pentagon
Monroe
Labor council groups oppose Selman Field plan
Local unions led by J. P. Brady and L. E. Black along with Monroe Central Trades and Labor council president Oscar L. Cloyd condemn plans backed by wealthy industrialists citing rising unemployment in building trades. They warn reactivating Selman Field could worsen job prospects for 1953 and 1954 as workers face layoffs and delayed rehiring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. P. Brady
Plumbers and Steamfitters
L. E. Black
The
Electrical Workers Union
Oscar L. Cloyd
Monroe Central Trades and Labor Council
Selman Field
Washington
Twin Cities
Holiday menu ideas using plentiful December foods
The USDA lists turkeys pork and pork products oranges grapefruit table grapes and more as plentiful December foods. Two Christmas menus use these items across main dishes sides and desserts, followed by simple dessert sauce recipes from Edith M Barber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Sam
United States Department of Agriculture
Edith M. Barber
LIe Fires 9 by Noon for Dodging Questions
The secretary general backed by a three man panel of international jurists fired nine Americans who dodged questions about alleged links to the Communist party. The jurists warned that subversive rings created a climate of suspicion as espionage refusals continued. Beavers have a split nail on the second toe of their hind feet.
New Wage Stabilization Board Chief Faces Probe Resignations
Washington reports the Wage Stabilization Board may lose several industry members in protest after President Truman overruled the board on coal wage policy. Charles Killingsworth, 35, named chair after Archibald Cox quit, citing the decision.
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Washington
Truman
Ike Refuses Q A Period After Brief Meeting
Eisenhower ends a short press session at IEE with a promise to weigh lessons learned. Reporters from several nations react with disappointment and mixed feelings about the abrupt departure and the limit on questions. An Eighth Army spokesman praises his measured judgment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ike
Eisenhower
Eighth Army
Tke
Unclear Economics of Wage Rules and Antiinflation Plan
The text discusses two possible outcomes for stabilization under the anti inflation program. It notes uncertainty whether powerful groups like United Mine Workers would be exempt or wage rules would be eased generally. Cox says he cannot help further. The WSB cut miners' raise to 1.50 dollars, fearing broader damage to the program, with full payout awaiting government approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis’ United Mine Workers
Cox
WSB
Tunis Trade Leader Shot in Tunisia
Farhat Hached, a Tunisian trade union official and nationalist leader, was found shot to death beside his car on a highway south of Tunis. The murder sparked a curfew and heightened tensions as Tunisia presses for independence amid UN debates and French repression.
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Tunis
Tunisia
Farhat Hached
United Nations
New York
France
U. N
Hached
International Confederation of Free Trade Unions
ICFTU
Tunisian Labor Federation
Jean de Hauteclocque
Paris
Antoine Pinay
Medal of Honor Awarded to Mississippi Soldier for Bravery
Pfc. Mack A. Jordan of Collins Mississippi received the nations highest decoration posthumously for a lone charge on a Communist hill position in Korea. Under cover of mist he knocked out a machine gun nest and continued firing after losing both legs, dying on the way to aid station.
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Washington
Mississippi
Korea
Mack A. Jordan
John W. Jordan
Collins
Miss
Army
Pfc
Jordan
Edward F. Sheehan
Brockton
Mass
Yattaleion
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